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The Importance of Exercising Safely

A recent study indicates as many as one-third of all firefighter injuries are exercise related in nature.  While 95% percent of these recorded in...
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Seattle Firefighter Severely Injured While Responding to Car Crash

Seattle firefighter Wynn Loiland was responding to a car crash on the side of Interstate 5 early Sunday morning when he was struck by a passing vehicl...
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Caughlin Fire All Tied Up

The Caughlin fire was declared 100% contained yesterday afternoon, by Incident Commander Mike Brown.  The fire began Thursday night of last week,...
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Worried About Fire Training? Mobile Labs Create Lifelike Scenarios

Some departments face a residential, car, or industrial fire of some type every day.  While this is an unfortunate statistic, it can be argued th...
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Stay Safe, Stay Alive: Don’t Become a Statistic

Firefighter deaths are decreasing.  2011 may be the third year in a row LODD has decreased.   According to firefighterclosecalls.com, keep...
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Tired of Shaving? Grow a Mustache, Raise Awareness for Men’s Cancer

Prostate cancer affects one of three men in their lifetimes.  This is a truly terrifying statistic.  The good news is with early detection, ...
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Two Baltimore Firefighters Injured After BLEVE Incident

Firefighters responded to a house fire in the early morning hours last night.  A propane tank exploded, and while the two firefighters suffered o...
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Dunsmuir Fire Department Keeps Skills Sharp

Dunsmuir, CA is a town of 1,600 at the base of Mt. Shasta, in northern California. The fire department has been continuously run since 1897, and aver...
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CalFire Captain Injured on Duty

Copperopolis, CA—A CalFire captain was injured while fighting a structural fire in Saddle Creek.  The house was engulfed in flame, when part of t...
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Fire Departments are Arriving on a New Scene: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Traffic collisions are a horrific, dangerous, and stressful situation for any emergency response unit.  Moving traffic, onlookers, and the victim...
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NFPA States Firefighter Injuries are Down 8%

The National Fire Protection Association states overall on-duty firefighter injuries has fallen 8% since 2009.  2010 saw a total of 71,875 injuri...
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Firefighters Help Deliver a Baby

Little Regan Foreman was ready to meet the world a tad earlier, it seems, than mom and dad had planned. Firefighters from Richland Township respo...
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Willmar Firefighters Save A Life

Willmar, TX—Lt. Craig Baker, with the Willmar Fire Deparment, responded to a call yesterday evening close to his own home.  Another routine cal...
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Volunteer Firefighters Rescue Family Pets

Tonawanda, NY—Firefighters responded to a house fire early this morning. Whilethe people in the house were able to escape with their lives, the house ...
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Firefighter Injured While On Duty

Dunsmuir, CA--Firefighters from Dunsmuir, Weed, Castella, and other stations in southern Siskiyou County responded last night to a home on Butterfly A...
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New Belgium Brewery Burns: No Spills, No Injuries

Fort Collins, CO--Firefighters responded to the New Belgium Brewery yesterday.  That’s right, the folks that bring the delicious experience of Fa...
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Firefighter Hasn’t Returned to Work Since Losing A Friend

Salisbury, MA--Captain James Pollard Jr., of the Salisbury fire department, was forced to endure the worst possible experience any of our nation’s her...
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Firefighter Injured While On Duty

Dunsmuir, CA--Firefighters from Dunsmuir, Weed, Castella, and other stations in southern Siskiyou County responded last night to a home on Butterfly A...
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‘BURN’ Shows Why Firefighters Are a Step Above the Rest

A documentary about the lives of those serving in the fire department for the City of Detroit shows their amazing strength and the willingness to sacr...
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Firefighter Robbed At Gunpoint in Miami While on Duty

A firefighter was held up and robbed at gunpoint while on duty in Miami, FL.

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